Cold Laser Therapy is Considered Safe Way To Treat Chronic Pain

A Retrospective Study Concludes That  Cold Laser Therapy Is Considered a Safe, Effective, and Side-Effect-Free Treatment for Chronic Pain. The use of low level laser therapy (cold laser therapy) has been reported in international literature for over 30 years as a method to treat chronic pain.  The aim of the study was to assess the long-term effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) through a retrospective survey using questionnaires.  A cold laser was used at a wavelength of 830nm on over 1,087 patients at the Shiroto Clinic in Japan.  A questionnaire was sent to subjects a l-4 years later to find out if they were still feeling the results of the laser treatment.   Six hundred sixty two patients responded to the questionnaires (265 males, 397 females, mean age of 53.4 years).

The study concluded that 73.3% of men and 76.8% of women had positive long term pain relief from cold laser treatments. In addition to proving that cold laser therapy provided patients with substantial long-term pain relief.  The questionnaires also asked patients about psychosomatic factors such as well-being, physical energy, and general fatigue.  Not surprisingly all of these quality of life factors improved probably due to significant pain relief that was realized from the low-level laser treatments.

As a result of this study Low level laser therapy (cold laser therapy) is considered safe, effective, and side-effect-free, making it an ideal adjunctive therapeutic modality for intractable chronic pain.

At the DFW Spine & Joint Center we use multiple low-level lasers in order to achieve optimal results, and to have the most beneficial effect on the tissues being treated. It is important that care is not fragmented and that cold laser therapy is combined with other therapies, sometimes simultaneously, in order for results to be sustainable. In addition, the lasers that are used during treatments are low-level lasers NOT class IV or high power lasers that burn.

If you have chronic pain in your knees due to arthritis, ‘bone on bone’, a meniscus tear, Baker’s Cyst, tendonitis, bursitis, a knee injury, or unsuccessful arthroscopic knee surgery, and live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area call our office at 214- 596-1051 to find out if you’re a candidate for Dr. Schnee’s Cold Laser Knee Program.

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Dr. Alexandra K. Schnee, B.S.,D.C.,-Your Cold Laser Professional of the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas Area-“Helping People with Knee Pain and Joint Pain in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area since 2001.”

Nakaji S；Shiroto C；Yodono M；Umeda T；Liu Q.  Photomedicine and  Laser Surgery. Retrospective study of adjunctive diode laser therapy for pain attenuation in 662 patients: detailed analysis by questionnaire. 2005vol.23(no.1).